Allotment in our own back garden

[shambayango]

Hi there,

My partner and I had a Council Allotment for 8 years but found it hard to keep up with the weeding, planting up of the 5 poles we had, especially as we both got jobs so could only work our allotment over the weekends and we weren't getting any younger. So at the end of 2015 we gave it up and have been digging up the weedy grass in our back garden off and on for two years and have now had a landscape gardener come and lay paving slabs, giving us a patio to sit out on and the rest of our small garden divided into 4 beds to grow vegetables. It's not quite finished as the pointing has to be done and we're going to surround each bed with boards.

Obviously, it is too late to plant anything now, so we will condition the beds to start planting next year.

So it's time to dig out my 4 years' subscription to the Grow Your Own Magazine and consult with the lovely Reader's Digest on Allotments that I got with my first subscription.

The last year we had our allotment (2015), we had bumper crops of cauliflower, broccoli and turnips - it was as if our allotment was begging us to stay!

Shambayango (means "My garden" in Swahili)

[Ms-T]

Looks nice and lots of room for pots too .

[Bren In Pots]

Gardens looking good Shambayango its not to late to sow this time of your have a read at Thompson and Morgans listing for July then from the side bar you'll find Augusts.

https://www.thompson-morgan.com/what...d-grow-in-july

[veggiechicken]

Hello Shamba, welcome back Your garden looks lovely.
Its a good time to sown oriental veg and spinach as they tend to bolt in sown before the longest day.
Look forward to watching your garden fill up with veg

[Snoop Puss]

Congratulations. Wishing you get of pleasure out of your new garden!

[Jungle Jane]

Looks great you must be so happy,I like the trellis too for climbing plants,its given more edges for pots,clever thinking! I don't have an allotment,its nice growing everything in the garden,you can pop out there for ten minutes or an hour,a few times a day if you're busy. Good luck with your new plot

[Guest]

Hi and welcome to the vine It looks like you will have great fun playing in your space, just don't forget to show us more pics (we like a good nosey here)

[Small pumpkin]

Welcome back shambayango
Love the name

[burnie]

I like the look of that space, I might have gone down the raised bed idea to save bending down(I've done that, I used railway sleepers so there's somewhere to sit too), but that would reduce the size of each plot. Fresh air and fresh produce is always welcome, is your summer house facing north or south?

[bramble]

Looking good and hope you get a lot of pleasure from it.